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Gertrude Dzifa Torvikey

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Verified email at ug.edu.gh Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, University of Ghana ORCID 0000-0001-8848-5994 Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HUMANITIES
School / InstituteINST. OF STAT. SOC.& ECON. RES
DepartmentINSTITUTE OF STATISTICAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH SECRETARIAT
Critical agrarian studies
Publications

52

Citations

412

H-index

9

i10-index

8

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
7.9
Most cited paper
148
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
13 Sep 2026, 23:39
Publications

52 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Agricultural commercialisation models, agrarian dynamics and local development in Ghana
JA Yaro, JK Teye, GD Torvikey
2017 The Journal of Peasant Studies 44 (3), 538-554, 2017 Agriculture 148
Historical context of agricultural commercialisation in Ghana: changes in land and labour relations
JA Yaro, JK Teye, GD Torvikey
2018 Journal of Asian and African Studies 53 (1), 49-63, 2018 Humanities 70
Transforming critical agrarian studies: Solidarity, scholar-activism and emancipatory agendas in and from the Global South
D Aguiar, Y Ahmed, D Avcı, G Bastos, B Batubara, C Bejeno, ...
2023 The Journal of Peasant Studies 50 (2), 758-786, 2023 Social Sciences 32
Farm to factory gendered employment: The case of blue skies outgrower scheme in Ghana
GD Torvikey, JA Yaro, JK Teye
2016 Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy 5 (1), 77-97, 2016 Agriculture 31
“You cannot rely on bank loans to expand your business”: aversion to formal credit among female micro-entrepreneurs in Ghana
C Ackah, GD Torvikey, F Obeng Adomaa, KT Asante
2024 International Journal of Social Economics 51 (7), 870-883, 2024 Social Sciences 20
Reclaiming our Land and Labour
GD Torvikey
2021 Feminist Africa 2 (1), 49-70, 2021 Social Sciences 19
Land, gender, and class relations in Ghana’s cassava frontier
GD Torvikey
2021 Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy 10 (1), 139-154, 2021 Social Sciences 11
Rural women’s livelihoods and food security in Africa
D Tsikata, GD Torvikey
2021 The Routledge handbook of feminist economics, 216-224, 2021 Agriculture 10
Labour Casualisation and Youth Employment in Ghana’s Formal Private Sector
G Dzifa Torvikey
2018 The Institute of Development Studies and Partner Organisations, 2018 Social Sciences 9
Making climate-smart cocoa inclusive: towards a framework for gender transformation
GD Torvikey, MA Dalaa, FO Adomaa, S Abdul-Razak, IA Amoah, ...
2024 South African Review of Sociology 54 (1), 42-57, 2024 Social Sciences 8
Land and contestations over autochthony and local citizenship in agrarian Ghana
GD Torvikey
2022 Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy 11 (1), 134-157, 2022 Social Sciences 6
Changing labour relations in commercial agrarian landscapes in Ghana
J Kofi Teye, GD Torvikey, J Awetori Yaro
2021 Labour Questions in the Global South, 413-438, 2021 Social Sciences 6
Migrants in the Plantation Economy in Côte d’Ivoire: A Historical Perspective
N Traoré, GD Torvikey
2022 Migration in West Africa: IMISCOE Regional Reader, 189-208, 2022 Humanities 5
Africa’s COVID-19 Responses: Proactivity, Hits and Misses and Deepening Inequalities
D Tsikata, D Torvikey
2021 Leiden: INCLUDE, 2021 Social Sciences 5
Wango! women’s struggles amidst privatised and extractive models of salt mining in Ghana
GD Torvikey, AY Gyapong, FO Adomaa
2024 Feminist Africa 5 (1), 50-73, 2024 Social Sciences 4
Equity in COVID-19: mitigation and policy responses in Africa
A Altaf, D Tsikata, GD Torvikey, M Dekker
2024 Springer Nature, 2024 Social Sciences 3
Gender justice, climate resilience, and food and nutrition security
N Rao, S Vercillo, GD Torvikey
2024 Global Hunger Index: How gender justice can advance climate resilience and …, 2024 Social Sciences 3
COVID-19 in Africa: A synthesis of 12 country studies
D Tsikata, DG Torvikey
2022 INCLUDE, 2022 Social Sciences 3
Plantation, outgrower and medium-scale commercial farming in Ghana: Which model provides better prospects for local development?
J Teye
2016 Agriculture 3
How gender justice can advance climate resilience and zero hunger
M Wiemers, M Bachmeier, A Hanano, RN Chéilleachair, A Vaughan, ...
2024 WeltHungerHilfe, 2024 Social Sciences 2
A feminist human rights approach to Ghana’s public market PPPs: The case of the dome market
GD Torvikey, SO Marfo
2023 Corporate Capture of Development: Public-Private Partnerships, Women’s Human …, 2023 Law 2
Legal pluralism, gender justice, and right to food in agrarian Ghana
GD Torvikey, AP Atupare
2022 Agricultural commercialization, gender equality and the right to food …, 2022 Social Sciences 2
Agricultural and Land Commercialisation: Do they foster gender equality and the right to food
D Adu Ankrah, A Antwi, P Atupare, M Awo, JB Martignoni, F Dzanku, ...
2020 DEMETER Research Brief 2, 2020, 2020 Social Sciences 2
Climate-Smart Cocoa: a gender transformative approach
MA Dalaa, GD Torvikey, A Amoah, AR Saeed, F Obeng, RK Kofituo, ...
2020 International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, 2020 Social Sciences 2
Strengthening women’s voices in the context of agricultural investments: Lessons from Ghana
GD Torvikey
2016 London and Accra: IIED and Network for Womens Rights in Ghana, 2016 Agriculture 2